At the request of Mr. Khieu Samphan, the Defence Support Section has assigned Ms. Anta Guisse as the third International Co-Lawyer representing Mr. Khieu Samphan in Case 002 proceedings at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
Ms. Guisse is a French defence lawyer with over ten years of experience in international criminal law, having worked for the defence in three cases at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and as a victims’ representative at the International Criminal Court.
Ms. Guisse and the two other International Co-Lawyers, Mr. Jacques Vergès and Mr. Arthur Vercken, will share the responsibility of representing Mr. Khieu Samphan, alongside his National Co-Lawyer, Mr. Kong Sam Onn.